Ishii H, Okada S, Sato T, Wakasugi H, Saisho H, Furuse J, Ishikawa O, Matsuno S, Yokoyama S
Department of Internal Medicine, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Hepatogastroenterology. 1997 Jan-Feb;44(13):279-83.
BACKGROUND/AIMS: The determination of serum carbohydrate antigen 19-9 (CA 19-9) level is useful in managing pancreatic cancer. However, the usefulness of this marker in evaluating the response to chemotherapy has not been fully established.
Serial changes of serum CA 19-9 levels were studied during chemotherapy in 66 pancreatic cancer patients who showed CA 19-9 level of 100 U/ml or greater before treatment. We investigated the relationship between patient survival and reduction in serum CA 19-9 level after treatment.
When a responder was defined as a patient whose serum CA 19-9 level was reduced by more than 50% of the pre-treatment level within 2 months after treatment, CA 19-9 response was observed in 9 (13%) of the 66 patients. Median survival times of CA 19-9 responders and non-responders were 141 and 88 days, respectively. Based on Cox regression analysis, the relative risk of cancer death in CA 19-9 responders for non-responders was 0.47 (95% confidence interval, 0.21 to 1.05).
CA 19-9 reduction may be useful for assessing the efficacy of chemotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer.
背景/目的:血清糖类抗原19-9(CA 19-9)水平的测定对胰腺癌的治疗有帮助。然而,该标志物在评估化疗反应中的作用尚未完全确立。
对66例治疗前血清CA 19-9水平≥100 U/ml的胰腺癌患者化疗期间血清CA 19-9水平的系列变化进行研究。我们调查了患者生存与治疗后血清CA 19-9水平降低之间的关系。
若将治疗后2个月内血清CA 19-9水平降低超过治疗前水平50%的患者定义为反应者,则66例患者中有9例(13%)出现CA 19-9反应。CA 19-9反应者和无反应者的中位生存时间分别为141天和88天。基于Cox回归分析,CA 19-9反应者相对于无反应者癌症死亡的相对风险为0.47(95%置信区间,0.21至1.05)。
CA 19-9水平降低可能有助于评估晚期胰腺癌化疗的疗效。